Xinjiang: Uyghur Organisation accuses Chinese authorities of banning Eid
Jun 19, 2024, at 12:30 am
The Centre for Uyghur Studies has accused China of restricting Eid celebration in Xinjiang, historically known as East Turkistan.
Uyghur inmates in a Chinese prison forced to work for 12-14 hours in vast fields
Oct 17, 2023, at 12:36 am
A large number of Uyghur inmates in Xinjiang's Keriye Prison are forced to work for 12-14 hours a day in vast fields of red dates called jujubes, media reports said.
China: Minor Uyghur girls forced to work in Xinjiang factory
Jul 17, 2023, at 10:24 pm
About 90 Uyghur minor girls are currently toiling for 14 hours a day in a Chinese-run garment factory in Xinjiang, an episode reflecting the atrocities the community members are facing in the country.
Apr 13, 2023, at 10:10 pm
Chinese officials have been utilizing "ears," spies who are selected from everyday citizens, police officers, and neighborhood committees to prevent Uyghur Muslims from fasting during the holy month of Ramzan, media reports said.
Jan 16, 2023, at 03:56 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan foreign office on Friday said the official Twitter account of the Pakistan consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu was “hacked”, hours after a tweet was posted in support of Uyghur Muslims in China.
China responsible for ‘serious human rights violations’ in Xinjiang province: UN human rights report
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:23 pm
New York: A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has concluded that “serious human rights violations” against the Uyghur and “other predominantly Muslim communities” have been committed.
Xinjiang officials use China’s anti-crime campaign to target those Uyghurs who are 'disloyal'
Aug 09, 2022, at 06:18 pm
Xinjiang: A police officer has said authorities in the Chinese city of Xinjiang are using the government’s 100-day crackdown on criminals and fugitives to target Uyghurs deemed “religious extremists” and “two-faced".
Uyghur rights activists organize protest against China’s atrocities near UN HQ in New York
Jul 30, 2022, at 05:09 am
New York: The East Turkistan Government in Exile, the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement, and the Free Kazakhs Organization participated in a demonstration at the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday to highlight China's atrocities against Uyghur community members.
Lawyers approach ICC to investigate treatment of Uyghur Muslims by China
Jun 28, 2022, at 05:56 am
Xinjiang/Washington: A team of lawyers recently approached the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into the treatment of Uyghurs and others in China’s Xinjiang area.
UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’
Jun 12, 2022, at 03:05 am
New York: Dozens of independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged the Chinese Government to “cooperate fully” with the UN human rights system over abuse allegations, and grant them “unhindered access – particularly to prisons and detention centres.
China: Uyghur Musims are now kept in a giant open air prison
Jun 08, 2022, at 02:34 am
Washington/Xinjiang: A top American newspaper has shown how Xinjiang region, a place where Uyghur Muslims stay in large numbers, have turned into an open-air prison camp by the Chinese Communist Party, media reports said.
China: Relatives of detained Uyghurs forced to work in Xinjiang factories
Apr 16, 2022, at 05:23 am
Xinjiang, China: Hundreds of family members of detained Uyghur residents of a small community in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region are now forced by authorities to work in local government-run factories, media reports said.
Xinjiang forced labour fears: China slams Norway state fund
Mar 12, 2022, at 02:22 am
Beijing: China has slammed a decision taken by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to sell off its stake in a Chinese company due to rights concerns, warning the move may cause “unnecessary losses” for Oslo.
Saudi authorities prepapring to deport 2 Muslim Uyghurs back to China: HRW
Jan 21, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Beirut, Lebanon: Saudi authorities are apparently preparing to deport two Muslim Uyghurs back to China, where they are at serious risk of arbitrary detention and torture, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said recently.
Uyghur Atrocities: Protest held outside Chinese Embassy in London
Nov 16, 2021, at 12:47 am
A large number of people demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in London on Saturday to protest against Beijing's treatment towards Uyghur community members.
Uyghurs: British lawmaker asks govt to back political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:27 pm
London: An influential group of British lawmakers have said PM Boris Johnson-led government should back a political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to pressure the Chinese government over the "genocide" of Uyghurs and other ethnic groups in the northwest province of Xinjiang.
Uyghur community members protest in Tokyo
Jul 06, 2021, at 12:48 am
Tokyo: Members of the Uyghur community on Sunday demonstrated in Tokyo city of Japan to mark the 12th year anniversary of July 5, 2009 violence in Urumqi, Xinjiang.
China sanctions Belgian lawmaker for motion which alerts about genocide risk against Xinjiang Uygurs
Jun 19, 2021, at 04:31 am
Beijing: Beijing has sanctioned a Belgian lawmaker who called for a proposal warning of a risk of genocide against Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang, a region which has always triggered international criticisms over China's alleged treatment towards the Uyghur Muslim community.
US rights group asks Hilton hotels to drop Xinjiang project
Jun 17, 2021, at 05:12 am
Washington: The US-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has called on Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide Holdings to drop plans to build a Hilton Hotel in China’s Xinjiang region on the site of a bulldozed and desecrated mosque.
Jun 13, 2021, at 12:14 pm
New York/IBNS: Indian origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan along with two other contributors has won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting that revealed vast infrastructure of prisons and mass internment camps secretly built by China for confining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its Xinjiang region.
China: Uyghur Muslims targeted by fake e-mails
May 29, 2021, at 03:27 am
Beijing: Alleged Chinese-speaking hackers are using fake emails from the United Nations (U.N.) and a human rights group to target Uyghur Muslims in China and abroad, claims cybersecurity researchers.
Muslim nations refrain from criticising China on Uyghur treatment: World Politics Review
May 21, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Surprising many Muslim majority nations have not criticised China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang region of the country.
Report alleges China is using Uyghur forced labour to make solar panels
May 17, 2021, at 11:01 pm
Beijing: An investigation has found that the global production of solar panels is using forced labour from China's Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province.
Chinese coercion: Uyghur imams targeted in Xinjiang
May 15, 2021, at 03:26 am
Beijing: The world might be celebrating Eid on Friday but a report released by a Uyghur rights group does not seem to be positive for the Muslim community as it claimed that China has imprisoned or detained at least 630 imams and other Muslim religious figures since 2014 in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region.
May 15, 2021, at 02:59 am
Beijing: China is following a coercive campaign in the Xinjiang region of the country which is believed to have led to a sharp decline in the number of Uyghur Muslims, claims an Australia think tank group.
Boycott call grows: Olympics sponsors evade questions over Beijing 2022
May 10, 2021, at 03:35 pm
Beijing: Several multinational companies, which are sponsoring the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, are currently evading questions related to their participation as China is currently facing intense pressure over the issue of Uyghurs.
Dec 12, 2020, at 05:54 am
Dhaka: A large number of people in Bangladesh's two major cities- Dhaka and Sylhet- took to the streets to protest against China and Pakistan over persecution of minorities in the two nations.
China: Big data program targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
Dec 11, 2020, at 04:59 pm
A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention, US-based Human Rights Watch said recently.
Chinese authorities remove statue of revered Uyghur scholar in Xinjiang: Report
Dec 08, 2020, at 06:26 pm
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have removed the statue of revered Uyghur scholar Mahmud Kashgary, highlighting yet another instance of Chinese violations of the minority community in the country, media reports said.
US, UK, other nations mount pressure on China over Uighur torture issue
Dec 06, 2020, at 10:27 pm
Beijing: Several nations across the globe have called on China to respect the human rights of its Uighur Muslim minority.